Fire of
heaven ignite in us
You are the Lord,
you are the Lord
You are the
lord of all
Fire of
heaven you call us home
Into your
arms, into your arms
Into your
loving arms
Fire of
heaven open our eyes
To see your
glory, to see your glory
To see your
glory and adore
Fire of
heaven break through all pain
Set captives
free, set captives free
Set captives
free today
Fire of
heaven break out in us
Release your
gifts, release your gifts,
Release your
gifts we pray
Fire of
heaven you deserve praise
We worship
your throne, we worship your throne
We’ll
worship your throne always
Fire of
heaven defeater of sin
Welcome us
in, welcome us in
Welcome us
into your heart
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Hi all, just two notes (with 3 extras) to go with this reading:
1. I've not used the gospel - it's Pentecost, it has to be the Acts reading!
2. The idea behind this piece came from a moment of prayer when the words of the first verse dropped into my head,
"Fire of heaven ignite in us, you are the Lord, you are the Lord, you are the Lord of all"
The words felt like they came with something of a tune/melody and so I've written the rest of the piece to fit with that.
Now, three more things:
A. I'm not a singer or a songwriter in the traditional sense of the words: I don't write formal structured music, I've tried before and found writing words to fit arrangements or melodies is more musical hassle than I have the skills to deal with. I therefore know that in some verses like the third one, there are probably two too many syllables or beats or something - and so it goes on.
B. This felt very much like the potential beginning of a collaborative piece, which might be of use to folk as we approach Pentecost, you might like to add your own verses (whether they fit in terms of beats and syllables or not). I've been thinking about Taize chants for a while (and AntiTaize too - more on that later)
C. in an act of utter vulnerability I've attached a link to Soundcloud where you'll be able to find a one take recording with lots of pitching problems, issues with tune (yes I know) and awful singing, but as I'm not someone who writes music and I didn't want to just leave a "hummmm" track on Soundcloud I've put a vocal recording on there. Listen / giggle / create / ignore - I'm easy.
In a further act of vulnerability, if anyone does decide to write extra verses to this thing, please feel free to leave a comment below, or alternatively go do it on Twitter with the hashtag #fireofheaven
Bless you.
PS
also, if anyone wants to re-record a version that sounds better and actually fits, please do, I'll happily put it on soundcloud and link it here!
PS
also, if anyone wants to re-record a version that sounds better and actually fits, please do, I'll happily put it on soundcloud and link it here!
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